The strategic consequences of Bennett’s megalomania
June 1, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
There is little point at this stage of the game in mentioning the depths of moral depravity and treachery into which Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked have descended. Read more
A chat with Peter Wertheim
June 1, 2021 by Henry Greener-The Shtick
ECAJ Co-CEO Peter Wertheim advocates for Israel, as the “voice of Australian Jewry” through the roof body of over 200 Jewish organisations across Australia, the Executive of Australian Jewry. Read more
Can you forgive a war criminal?
May 31, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi? Read more
Critical Race Theory, Jews and Israel
According to the command of the Lord, the Israelites journeyed and according to the command of the Lord they camped. Read more
Domestic Violence: Mum for Mum hosts panel discussion
May 31, 2021 by A J-Wire community service announcement
Mum for Mum has organized an event to promote “awareness-raising” for those working in the field of Domestic Violence. Read more
Feintooner
May 31, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Asymmetric Lawfare.
New York Times and Washington Post bash Israel with false claims
May 31, 2021 by David Singer
The New York Times and the Washington Post have once again engaged in Israel bashing – spewing out fake maps and phony history about Israel, its origins and indeed its continued existence as the Jewish National Home – first articulated in the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and confirmed in article 80 of the United Nations Charter. Read more
On Emily Wilder, and why no one believes the media
May 30, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
What befell Emily Wilder could not have happened to earlier generations of journalists. Read more
What does ‘justice for Sarah Halimi’ mean?
May 30, 2021 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
There was a particularly nasty incident that was reported in the crime sections of the French press this week. Read more
To confront antisemitism, American advocates say it’s time for Jews to unite, mobilize and take action
Tens of thousands of people logged onto their computers at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday to make it clear that they will no longer stand by as Jews are assaulted, harassed, threatened, spit on and cursed at in public, while at the same time synagogues, Jewish shops and cemeteries are vandalized and desecrated….writes Faygie Holt.
You can’t be ‘even-handed’ about condemning those who hate Israel and Jews
May 30, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
On Thursday, both Democratic and Republican congressional leaders joined with the Anti-Defamation League and the major Jewish religious denominations to hold a Zoom rally against antisemitism. Read more
Until we meet again
May 28, 2021 by Michael Kuttner
Listening to the inane babble emanating from politicians and international groups following the so-called Gaza ceasefire reminds me of the opening lines of the song made famous by Dame Vera Lynn during the blitz. Read more
Actions, not bromides, are how the West must confront rabid antisemitism
May 28, 2021 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and his counterpart, Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, visited Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to offer help in building on the ceasefire with Hamas. Read more
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend itself’
May 28, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was dispatched to Israel by U.S. President Joe Biden this week in the direct aftermath of an acute conflagration highlighted by 11 days of indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas on Israeli population centres and pinpoint Israeli airstrikes on Hamas installations in Gaza in retaliation. Read more
Conversion
May 28, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen
The Bible nowhere explicitly talks about conversion, only about taking care of, and not oppressing the stranger, the Ger. Read more
Blinken’s Mideast trip highlights limits of American efforts to isolate Hamas
May 27, 2021 by Dmitriy Shapiro
The Biden administration’s negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip has generally being seen as successful. Read more
Left-wing hatred for Israel can’t be detached from antisemitism
May 27, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
Michelle Goldberg is worried. The New York Times columnist has watched as some in the Jewish community and elsewhere have connected the dots between anti-Jewish ideological incitement and antisemitic violence. Read more
Heading to New York with trepidation and a Star of David
May 26, 2021 by Ruthie Blum - JNS
I never thought I’d hear myself say this, but I’m actually nervous—as a Jew—about my upcoming trip from Tel Aviv to New York. Read more
Israel worried about US return to Iran nuclear deal as its influence in Washington fades
May 26, 2021 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
In a press conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday evening, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken clarified the Biden administration’s stance on Iran and the nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. Read more
Photo Story: New Torah for Tzemach Tzedek
May 26, 2021 by Community newsdesk
A new Torah has been dedicated by Benny and Chanie Amzelak with the final letters inscribed at Sydney’s Central Synagogue before a street parade to Tzemach Tzedek. Read more
New college rabbi for Moriah
May 26, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
Sydney’s Moriah College has announced the appointment of Rabbi Gad Krebs as the college rabbi. Read more
How Israel can disrupt Hamas’s re-armament plans
May 25, 2021 by Yaakov Lappin
As the truce in Gaza takes hold, Israel and the international community must employ multiple approaches to prevent Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) from once again using a quiet period to rearm themselves, a former Israeli defence official has said. Read more
10 takeaways from the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas
May 25, 2021 by Alex Traiman - JNS.org
Over this past weekend, Arabs were shooting fireworks in the sky, supposedly in celebration of holding Israeli population centres hostage for 11 days with more than 4,000 rockets. Read more
Work goes on: Efforts to bring last of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
May 25, 2021 by Eliana Rudee - JNS.org
In continuation of the family reunification initiative “Operation Tzur Israel” (“Operation Rock of Israel”), nearly 300 new Ethiopian olim landed in Israel on March 11, joining the other 1,700 Ethiopians who arrived in Israel since last year. Read more
How will we know who won the war?
May 24, 2021 by Caroline Glick - JNS
Maybe one day, we will discover that the impetus for Hamas’s latest onslaught against Israel wasn’t the pending Israeli Supreme Court decision about whether or not to respect the property rights of Jewish landlords in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
Feintooner
May 24, 2021 by Feintooner
This week’s cartoon…Cheerleading collaborators. Read more
Are we the chosen people?
May 24, 2021 by Rabbi Raymond Apple
Ask the rabbi…. Read more
16 years of community leadership
May 24, 2021 by Henry Benjamin
On May 14, Vic Alhadeff closed his office door at The New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies where he had served its CEO for 16 years. Read more
Misinformed celebrities lean on same old tropes
As the violence was escalating between the Palestinians and the Israelis these past two weeks—and the terrible but predictable death and destruction mounted—celebrities like Mark Ruffalo, Mia Farrow, Viola Davis, Roger Waters, American singer Halsey and British pop-star Dua Lipa have taken to social media, slandering Israel and trafficking in classic antisemitic tropes about Jews…writes Lana Melman. Read more
Is Netanyahu responsible for this latest conflict?
May 23, 2021 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
As far as the many critics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are concerned, there’s very little that goes wrong that can’t be attributed to what they consider to be his malevolent influence. Even the actions of Palestinian terrorist groups. Read more
